Motion Offense and Reacting To The Defense

Motion Offense and Reacting To The Defense

A Motion Offense is a flexible system where you read the defense and read your teammates, and then play off of what you see happening around you. Motion Offense is supposed to consist of no per-determined movement, with all decision making happening on the fly, as a result of what your athletes mentally and visually determine during game play.

The Benefits of a Motion Offense are:

Fit Offense to Players

Variable Sets

Difficult to Scout because there are no predetermined moves

Equal Opportunity Offense, so you can have a balance in shot distribution

Teaches Kids How to Play

Flexibility

But what exactly is Motion Offense?

The motion offense is a generic term for any offense that uses court movement, cuts to the ball or the basket, and good screen setting. The one thing that separates it from other types of offense is that it is quite flexible – you don’t have to have set plays every time you bring the ball down the court.

Instead, the Motion Offense is focused on teaching players to use a basic set of rules for their movements, and then to react to what is being done defensively on the court. With the variation in defense, the motion offense has a variety of looks and several different options available.